Because, the humble state of mind, we don’t think we are the controller, we don’t think we are the proprietor, we don’t think we are the doer. That is humility. Humility doesn’t just mean, “I am the most fallen.” We speak these things – I am the dust of your …

“And that is really a expert preacher: the person who can take the essence of Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagvatam, and present it in such a way that that medicine is, that nutrition is digested by the candidate.” – Radhanath Swami Narada Muni came to the palace of Pracinabarhisat and he …

What turns people away from religion or spiritual life? Hypocrisy. – Radhanath Swami Kali-yuga is the age of quarrel and hypocrisy. Hiranyakashyapu was in Satya-yuga. Kamsa was in Dvapar-yuga. Ravana was in Treta-yuga. They were all philosophers and probably better intellectual philosophers than anyone today. Kamsa had all those heads …

So the philosophy is that there are laws of nature, just like there is law of gravity – what goes up must come down. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. – Radhanath Swami I can proudly write hundreds of books based on lifetime of scientific research to …

So here is a typical example of material life. Everything Kamsa wanted he got, but he lived in misery. – Radhanath Swami He wanted to be the most powerful person in the world and he was. He wanted all the other Asuras to surrender to him and be his …

Today we are reading from Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, Chapter 4 entitled ‘The Atrocities of King Kamsa’, text 21. This verse, like so many in the Srimad Bhagavatam, has many layers of perceptions to learn from. Srimad Bhagavatam is a literary incarnation of Krishna. When Krishna left this world, he …

When the mind is disturbed, nothing can give you happiness. The mind has more effect on a human being than the body. Even if you are sick, if you are in good state of mind, you can be happy. – Radhanath Swami We have seen devotees, whose bodies were …

Our own beloved Guru Maharaj Srila Prabhupada, he had such incredible positive thinking based on faith.” – Radhanath Swami Many of you know the story. He left India when he was 69 years old, crossing the Arabian Sea on a cargo ship named Jaladuta. He had two heart attacks, sea …

The gopis, their love is such they don’t… whether Krishna is God or not doesn’t make any difference. They love Krishna because he is Krishna, because he is so beautiful, because he is so merciful, because he is so playful and because his love is so sweet.

“That is truth. In that truth, there is real happiness. And there is nothing that could disturb that happiness.” – Radhanath Swami My dear friends and brothers invited me to come here (Agra), and they told me there will be hundreds of people. And they worked so hard and they …

About Radhanath Swami

Radhanath Swami is a Vaishnava sanyassin (a monk in a Krishna-bhakti lineage) and teacher of the devotional path of Bhakti-yoga. He is author of The Journey Home, a memoir of his search for spiritual truth. His teachings draw from the sacred texts of India such as The Bhagavad-gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, and Ramayana, and aim to reveal the practical application of the sacred traditions, while focusing on the shared essence which unites apparently disparate religious or spiritual paths.